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A number of new signs to identify the Bowers Walk in Ballinrobe and show directions how to get to it are on the way in the town.

Councillors in the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District have called on Irish Water to introduce a waiver system for connection of a water supply to graveyards, following a demand to the council of €13,000 from the utility to connect a water supply to Taugheen Old Cemetery.

Councillors in south Mayo are looking for enhanced traffic calming measures to be put in place in the village of Kilmaine, due to the large increased volume of traffic going through the village since the opening of the M18 motorway from Tuam to Dublin.

Local Fine Gael Councillor John Dolan has welcomed the support for his motion to sponsor one student from Westmeath in the Graduate.ie programme in the 2019/2020 school year.

Women with new businesses or with developed business ideas should apply for support under the ACORNS (Accelerating the Creation of Rural Nascent Start-Ups) programme, said Fine Gael councillor Eileen Mannion this week.

Six attempts to steal, and prevent the flying of, the Pride flag in Galway were not incidents of boisterous behaviour, but "deliberate and targeted homophobic attacks" on the city's LGBT+ community while it was celebrating Pride.

The Green Party has called on Government to make funding available to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) so that it can continue to fund energy upgrades of existing buildings. The call comes in response to SEAI informing applicants that it is suspending the scheme as well as consideration of applications for funding previously received.

A Galway city councillor has called on Galway City Council to take action on overgrown trees blocking road signs.

The Government's unwillingness to introduce new enforcement rules on short-term letting and its willingness to be lobbied by Airbnb, shows it is "missing in action" when tackling "the multi-faceted aspects of the housing crisis".

Businesses in Eyre Square were mopping up this week as severe rainfall over the Bank Holiday weekend led to unprecedented flooding in the area.